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Ward 2 Councilmember Paul Cunningham

Tucson-area transit users can now buy a 3-Day Pass and add $25 for $20 onto a SunGO Card. Following feedback and comments from public input meetings, the Mayor and Council approved both programs in order to offer riders additional options when purchasing transit fares.

Restaurant Row on Tanque Verde has long been a destination for families, particularly from the East Side. Lately, though, we’ve had a lot of vacancies and business has been down for some of the businesses in the area.

The artwork of local, national, and international muralists is on display in the City of Tucson. A new map from the City's GIS team shows the locations of the murals and explains what they mean. Throughout these works, the region's natural landscape, heritage, and resilience are prominent. Mountain vistas and desert flora set the stage for defining events in the city's cultural history, such as the All Souls Procession and the capture of John Dillinger.

Badges and Backpacks: The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and Banner|Aetna will host Badges and Backpacks tomorrow, July 28, 8 am-noon, at the Tucson Convention Center Exhibit Halls, 260 S. Church Ave. Free backpacks and school supplies will be distributed. The event includes a health fair with immunizations and screenings.

This weekend is the 4th Anniversary of the Sun Link Streetcar along with other great happenings. Make sure you know where to park for all of the activities in Downtown and all along the Sun Link Streetcar line. We have plenty of convenient parking available, making it easy to enjoy it all!
For more information on Streetcar Anniversary activities click here.

Weekend events include:

• 4th Anniversary of Sun Link Streetcar - FREE Rides and Concerts on board and in the districts (Saturday)

Governor Doug Ducey this morning directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset Friday, July 27, 2018, in honor of State Trooper Tyler Edenhofer who was killed in the line of duty from injuries related to a shooting.

Another State Trooper, Dalin Dorris, was critically injured during the tragic incident.

I spent some time volunteering with an organization called Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona, better known as CHRPA.

CHIRPA provides homeowners who are usually disabled or on fixed incomes with emergency and necessary home repair. The group was started by Mennonites in 1982 and quickly grew because of both the need in our community and the number of community members willing to give their services.

Beginning July 30, 2018, Sun Tran will prohibit smoking within public space at the three City of Tucson transit centers; Ronstadt, Laos and Tohono Tadai. Sun Tran will also introduce designated smoking areas for those passengers, visitors and other patrons who want to smoke/vape. The designated areas are intended to prevent smoke from entering into areas where smoking is prohibited throughout the public space and near bus entrances.

I visited our new 911 call center located on South Park Avenue. As you might now, we are in the final stages of reorganizing the way 911 calls are handled. One of the first steps to doing that was having a new department, Public Safety Communications, that would handle the work that was previously done by separately by sections of the Police and Fire Departments.

The work continues at Jesse Owens Park. Although I have been touting the amount of public money I was able to secure from impact fees and service line warranty funds to put into the park, we had a couple of reminders that it isn’t just all about the money.